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Axxon
10-03-2009, 07:37 PM
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Nice.
Tasan
10-03-2009, 08:08 PM
Ouch.
M GO BLUE!!!
10-03-2009, 08:34 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Has Jerry Jones signed him yet?
RainMaker
10-03-2009, 08:50 PM
As cool as that was, you have to feel sorry for that kid.
Axxon
10-03-2009, 08:56 PM
As cool as that was, you have to feel sorry for that kid. Yep, that game is going to be remembered for a long time in his town I'm quite sure. For some reason though, I keep thinking about Al Bundy when I see the clip.
Eaglesfan27
10-03-2009, 08:59 PM
I don't feel sorry for the kid. If he wasn't worried about spiking it and celebrating, he doesn't get remembered for what is a boneheaded play.
mauchow
10-03-2009, 09:19 PM
I can't help but laugh my ass off... and you can see the kid say "OOOOHH FUUUUCK" as soon as he realizes what he's done.
wade moore
10-04-2009, 06:51 AM
wow.
Dutch
10-04-2009, 07:49 AM
Better to do this in high school than in an NFL playoff game. Other than that, I've got nothing for the kid. Whoops!
BYU 14
10-04-2009, 08:54 AM
That sucks...poor kid.

The Bonehead here is the Coach though. Why in the hell would you put anybody back to field that kick with 1.3 seconds left? There is no benefit to catching it if it is short, he put the kid in a bad position. Let the kick bounce through the end zone and go celebrate your win. A baffling coaching decision at best.
Doug5984
10-04-2009, 09:08 AM
That sucks...poor kid.

The Bonehead here is the Coach though. Why in the hell would you put anybody back to field that kick with 1.3 seconds left? There is no benefit to catching it if it is short, he put the kid in a bad position. Let the kick bounce through the end zone and go celebrate your win. A baffling coaching decision at best.

exactly, why not use the extra 2 players to block the kick, line up 10 yards off the line to watch the fake...but not catch it.
BrianD
10-04-2009, 09:22 AM
That sucks...poor kid.

The Bonehead here is the Coach though. Why in the hell would you put anybody back to field that kick with 1.3 seconds left? There is no benefit to catching it if it is short, he put the kid in a bad position. Let the kick bounce through the end zone and go celebrate your win. A baffling coaching decision at best.

Protection against a fake kick and pass.
BYU 14
10-04-2009, 10:59 AM
Protection against a fake kick and pass.

You would just play safe (regular defense) if you where worried about that, he actually had them positioned at the goaline to field the kick so I can't let him off that easy since it the attempt looked like it was from 45 yards or so out. Play cover 4, and have your Linebackers at 10-12 yards deep and you take away that possibility, plus even if that was the case he should have instructed them to let it go if it was kicked.

The other reason I don't buy this is that the odds are better of scoring with your regular offense on the field, then with your special teams where your options are much more limited in terms of veritcal plays that will get you into the end zone. Sorry, this is a game the Coach lost.
BrianD
10-04-2009, 12:08 PM
You would just play safe (regular defense) if you where worried about that, he actually had them positioned at the goaline to field the kick so I can't let him off that easy since it the attempt looked like it was from 45 yards or so out. Play cover 4, and have your Linebackers at 10-12 yards deep and you take away that possibility, plus even if that was the case he should have instructed them to let it go if it was kicked.

The other reason I don't buy this is that the odds are better of scoring with your regular offense on the field, then with your special teams where your options are much more limited in terms of veritcal plays that will get you into the end zone. Sorry, this is a game the Coach lost.

I disagree. You play a FG block defense and go after the kick since the kick could win the game. You leave one or two people back in case of a fake. You could play them back 5-10 yards, but then they might get sucked into any sort of misdirection fake. Put them back at or near the goal line to be the last line of defense.

Now, the big failing is not telling the kids to not touch the kick if it comes up short...or to possess and down the ball. I don't know how often this option comes up in a HS game, but I'm guessing that the coach just overlooked it.
BYU 14
10-05-2009, 01:29 AM
Now, the big failing is not telling the kids to not touch the kick if it comes up short...or to possess and down the ball. I don't know how often this option comes up in a HS game, but I'm guessing that the coach just overlooked it.

We will agree to disagree on strategy, but that we can agree on the part above. I just can't see how a coach overlooks it, it is something you should at least talk through during special teams practice if you plan to ever use it in a game.

Hell we even finish our walk through the day before a game having the offense sprint to various spots and practice spiking the ball to kill and clock and the final thing they do is practice taking a knee in victory formation. No detail is ever too small to overlook.
k0ruptr
10-05-2009, 05:47 AM
Yea, I blame the coach much more then the player. Not just the head coach though, I can't believe of all the assistants, and none of them told the kid not to catch it if it comes to him.
Axxon
10-05-2009, 01:55 PM
Yea, I blame the coach much more then the player. Not just the head coach though, I can't believe of all the assistants, and none of them told the kid not to catch it if it comes to him.

I think from the reaction of the kid he knew what he did almost immediately. It didn't seem like a lack of coaching but a lack of awareness. If the kid hadn't been coached I think his reaction would be shock not, oh shit I screwed up.
cartman
10-13-2009, 05:39 PM
Here's another one:

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Groundhog
10-13-2009, 06:05 PM
lol
BYU 14
10-13-2009, 10:30 PM
It looks like the holder barely got his knee off the turf when he picked it up or he would have been down, it is really hard to tell for sure.

Crappy luck
Senator
10-14-2009, 06:16 AM
looked down
mtolson
10-14-2009, 01:02 PM
It looks like the holder barely got his knee off the turf when he picked it up or he would have been down, it is really hard to tell for sure.

Crappy luck

That's what I thought. Look's like his knee is down AND he's being touched.
Butter
10-14-2009, 01:34 PM
He was down.

I think the best part is the crazy screaming guy in the background from about :55 to 1:10 though.
Sun Tzu
10-14-2009, 02:07 PM
Regarding the first clip...wow...just wow.

Regarding the second clip, I think that even with NFL caliber replay, it would be hard to tell for sure if his knee was down. If they were unable to overturn the Holmes catch in the superbowl, then this play too would have stood.